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Title: Childhood Memories in Japantown - Interview with Mary Kawamoto:
Contributor(s): Kawamoto, Mary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Mary recalls her earliest memories in Japantown as well as weekend trips to Kitsilano and Stanley Park.
Extent: 00:02:04
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Couldn't Find a Better Place - Interview with Vince Chessa:
Contributor(s): Chessa, Vince (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: For Vince, you couldn't find a better place to live than the West End.
Extent: 00:00:18
Subject(s): Fish and chips
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Culture and Language Loss Due to Internment - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about the impact of the Japanese internment during the Second World War, two of the most impactful being the loss of language and culture.
Extent: 00:01:07
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Racism, World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: c̓əsnaʔəm: The Great Marpole Midden - Interview with Wayne Gatley
Contributor(s): Gatley, Wayne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-27
Language: English
Description: Wayne talks about the Great Marpole Midden (also known as the Eburne Site, or Great Fraser Midden, and known in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ as c̓əsnaʔəm).
Extent: 00:00:53
Subject(s): Indigenous peoples, National Historic Site of Canada, Kitchen-middens, Marpole Midden National Historic Site of Canada
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Day in Coal Harbour - Interview with Bob Adamson
Contributor(s): Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: There was plenty of entertainment for kids when they ventured to Coal Harbour.
Extent: 00:02:15
Subject(s): Housing, Money, Boats and boating, Canneries, Railroads - Yards, Shipyards, Active life enthusiasts, Playing
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Display at Hudson's Bay Department Store for Attorney General's first annual Christmas tree party:
Contributor(s): Jones, Art (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1948
Description: Display at Hudson's Bay Department Store for Attorney General's first annual Christmas tree party.
Subject(s): Christmas, Parties, Stores, Retail, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company Building (Vancouver, B.C.), British Columbia. Ministry of Attorney General
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Doing Something Tangible to Address Past Wrongs - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace talks about how society can address past wrongs through education.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Reparations for historical injustices, Japanese Canadians, World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment, Education
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Dramatic Events - Interview with Charlie Locke
Contributor(s): Locke, Charlie (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1981-08
Language: English
Description: Charlie speaks about the dramatic sinking of the ship he worked on, his family history in sailing and during WWII, his religious beliefs, and the German prisoner of war camps in Ontario.
Extent: 00:25:02, 00:25:02
Subject(s): Disasters, Sailing, World War, 1939-1945, Religion, Prisoners of war, Germans
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

Title: Dueck Chevrolet neon sign at night, Daily Province Newspaper billboard:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1949
Description: Dueck Chevrolet neon sign at night on building Granville & West Broadway, Daily Province Newspaper billboard.
Subject(s): Billboards, Neon signs, Night, Dueck Chevrolet, Province
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Dunbar Theatre - Interview with Ray Poulter
Contributor(s): Poulter, Ray (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: The Dunbar Theatre has remained a staple in the area since the 1930s. Mr. Poulter, a former employee, gives us a behind the screen look.
Extent: 00:04:45
Subject(s): Theatres, Small business, Dunbar Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Dunbar's Business District - Interview with Ray Poulter
Contributor(s): Poulter, Ray (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: As a Dunbar resident for over 80 years, Mr. Poulter has clear memories of the commercial enterprises along Dunbar Street.
Extent: 00:03:37
Subject(s): Small business, Home delivery services, Grocers
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: The End of the War - Interview with Jack Ford:
Contributor(s): Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: The end of World War II brought revelry and celebration into the streets of Downtown Vancouver. “Trucks where … every inch of the truck was full with people … they were blowin’ the horn and yelling and hugging and kissing”.
Extent: 00:01:11
Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Exclusive Ambulance fleet and drivers:
Contributor(s): Jones, Art (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1948
Description: Exclusive Ambulance fleet and drivers. Part of a series 80477 + A-D.
Subject(s): Ambulance service, Employees, Ambulance drivers, Automobiles, Exclusive Ambulance Service
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Exploring and Playing in the Magic Square Mile - Interview with Bob Adamson:
Contributor(s): Adamson, Bob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Bob describes the fun he and his friends had living on the sands of English Bay, exploring the trails of Stanley Park, learning to golf and swim and waiting for the nine o'clock gun to go off.
Extent: 00:02:33
Subject(s): Playing, Sports, Swimming, Beaches, Golf, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Exploring Vancouver by Streetcar - Interview with Shelagh Smith:
Contributor(s): Smith, Shelagh (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Shelagh discusses the importance of streetcar travel.
Extent: 00:01:43
Subject(s): Street-railroads, Urban transportation
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fairview street car hits Granville span:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Accidents – Traffic Fairview street car hits Granville span, sign on car advertising CCF campaign meeting with Premier Douglas of Saskatchewan, Oct. 22.
Subject(s): Street-railroads - Cars, Traffic accidents
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Fairview street car showing accident damage:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Fairview street car showing accident damage, sign on car advertising CCF campaign meeting with Premier Douglas of Saskatchewan, Oct. 22.
Subject(s): Street-railroads, Traffic accidents
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Family Life near Falaise Park - Interview with Lois Dick:
Contributor(s): Dick, Lois (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Lois describes living in the Falaise Park area.
Extent: 00:01:50
Subject(s): Communities, Children, Family, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fire at Vancouver College:
Contributor(s): Jones, Art (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1947-03
Description: Fires - Vancouver College. Firemen, ladders and hoses.
Subject(s): Fires, Fire fighters, Vancouver College
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

Title: Fire at waterfront lumberyard:
Contributor(s): Artray (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Fires – Waterfront lumberyard.
Subject(s): Fires, Lumber-yards
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Artray Collection

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